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HAUNTING EVENTS Activities across Ames scare up spooky-fun times By Patty.Clark @iowastatedaily.com Halloween events across campus are ready to scare students, teach history, donate food, throw out a couple chain saws and start a black hole. One of the main attractions is the Ames Haunted Forest, which is in its 15th year. The Haunted Forest is a family operation and is run by Lee Ballard. Ballard’s brother and mother own the property. The Haunted Forest also gives ISU students an opportunity to work somewhere where they can be creative. Ballard and his brother recruit a month in advance so they get the chance to talk with the student-actors about their costume, story and makeup ideas. “We hire 50 ISU students, and we let them use their creativity,” Ballard said. “It’s different every night.” The scare factor is also a reason why Ballard and his family are able to sell it as being the “No. 1 haunted attraction in Iowa.” “Some go after a couple years because people complain about them not being scary, pricey or both. Ours isn’t the most expen-

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sive and no one person ever complains,” Ballard said. One of the popular attractions at the Haunted Forest is the black hole, which is a dark tunnel that gives the illusion that the floor is moving. “It’s about a 20-minute trip through the forest, we have two to four chain saws and you get scared 20 times through the whole trip; you definitely get your money’s worth,” Ballard said. Kim Paul, senior in psychology, is one of the actors at the Haunted Forest. “It’s my second time working at the Haunted Forest and I would keep doing it again,” Paul said. “I like the freedom [the actors] get to decide what we want to be or what we want to do each night.” Paul highly recommends the job for students. Freeman Haunted House is a free event that is open to the public. Gretchen Schrock, junior in biology and the community adviser of Freeman-Vollmer, said it “just sort of happened in time” with no exact period of when the tradition started. The haunted house is an event that uses the four floors of Freeman Hall and transforms them into a terrifying maze, with each floor having a specific theme. Though the main reason for the haunted house is to scare, the hall uses this as an opportunity to have a food drive. The food is donated to a local food pantry.

Haunted Forest ■■ Ticket Cost: $13 ■■ Hours of operation: ■■ 7 p.m. to midnight Friday, Oct. 25 ■■ 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Oct. 26 ■■ 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27 ■■ 7 to 11 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31 ■■ 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1 ■■ East of Jack Trice Stadium

Freeman Haunted House ■■ 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 ■■ Freeman Hall part of the Barton-Lyon-Freeman Community

Ghost Stories of Iowa State ■■ 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31 ■■ 2019 Morrill Hall in the Christian Petersen Museum

“We want to encourage ISU students and the Ames community to bring their family and friends out to this event,” Schrock said. University Museums will also be hosting an event for Halloween night. Ghost Stories of Iowa State is a chance for ISU students to learn some history and listen to stories about those who haunt many lecture halls on campus. Such buildings include the Farm House Museum, Molecular Biology, Beardshear Hall, Morrill Hall and more.

Iowa State gains astronaut New fellow prepares students for space By Natalie.Whitis @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State has recently gained its very own astronaut. Clayton Anderson, a NASA astronaut and alumnus of Iowa State, has joined the aerospace engineering department as a distinguished faculty fellow. He will do several things for the university, including teaching freshmen and working with graduate students. He is co-teaching Aerospace Engineering 160 with Richard Wlezien, professor and chairman of aerospace engineering. Wlezien said he believes it is vital for students to be able to meet someone with Anderson’s experience. “I can only talk as someone who’s never done any of this stuff, and he knows the challenges. He knows what the students have to learn,” Wlezien said. “If someone has aspirations to be an astronaut someday, he could tell them the things they need to be concerned about. A lot of what we’re trying to bring to

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Clayton Anderson joined the faculty at Iowa State teaching an aerospace engineering course to freshmen. He plans to help students achieve their dreams.

our students now is beyond just the textbook stuff.” Anderson understands the work required to become an astronaut. He said he first wanted to become an astronaut when he was 8 years old, when the Apollo 8 astronauts went behind the moon on Christmas Eve of 1968.

As an undergraduate he got an internship in Houston with the Johnson Space Center and NASA. That became a second internship, which turned into full employment in 1983. He worked in the Mission Planning and Analysis Division, Missions Operations Directorate and managed the center’s emergency operations center. He applied to be an astronaut every year. “After 15 years and 15 applications, I was selected on my 15th try — which is a record, I understand,” Anderson said. “I was a member of the class of 1998, and it took me another nine years to fly in space. So it was a rather long and fortuitous ride. There were hard parts, but as you look back on it, it was all invigorating and quite fun.” His first mission was spending five months aboard the International Space Station in 2007. His next mission, in April 2010, involved dropping off 27,000 pounds of supplies and equipment. Now, Anderson has accumulated 167 days in space, with more than 38 hours of extravehicular activity, or spacewalks.

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Safety updates affect ISU staff By Brian.Voss @iowastatedaily.com Changes published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, as part of a new universal standard format, potentially will affect employees at Iowa State. Richard McColley, an assistant manager and industrial hygienist with Iowa State’s department of environmental health and safety, said the changes that are part of the worldwide Globally Harmonized System mostly will change what information is included in labels, as well as create a standard format for standardized safety sheets. McColley said all ISU employees who work with chemicals will have to be trained on the changes by Dec. 1. “We’ve had a number

of people take the course already,” McColley said. He said the new information included on labels will help users to better understand the hazards associated with that chemical. “What’s being added is the pictograms, the precautionary statements, and supplemental information, any other information relating to how you deal with exposures and injuries relating to that chemical,” McColley said. McColley said that in the past, only a product identifier, signal word and hazard statements have been on the label. McColley said the primary change with safety data sheets comes from a name change. He said that previously, the United States has referred to them

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ISU Dining caters to students’ nutritional needs and food allergies By Brian.Keck @iowastatedaily.com With a selection of different foods located all over campus, ISU Dining said it try to give students a large supply while also offering nutritional options to students. It is important for students to have a wide variety of food options that also promote a healthy diet, said Lisa Nolting, program coordinator and dietitian for ISU Dining. Nolting, who started with Iowa State the summer of 2013, has been working as a dietitian for four-and-a-half years. Prior to working for Iowa State,

she worked as the dietitian for Pleasant Valley High school in Bettendorf, Iowa. Nolting said she enjoys working with students to create satisfying and healthy options in the dining centers. “Meeting the needs of our students is always our goal,” Nolting said. “It is important for students to learn the benefits of wellness and proper nutrition.” Nolting said she believes all foods can fit into a healthy diet with the right balance and moderation. Food is what fuels your body. If you don’t follow proper nutrition, you are not going to see the best results, Nolting said.

More information If students require a special diet, they can contact: Lisa Nolting, registered dietitian lnolting@iastate.edu (515) 294-3812

“[Eating healthy] helps people have more energy for the day,” said Rachel Jones, freshman in kinesiology and health. “With a proper balanced nutrition, people are able to be more prepared to be at their best for the day.”

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The salad bar inside Union Drive Marketplace is just one of the many ways ISU dining centers are bringing healthy eating options to students.

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